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CONTENTS.
ix
P.GE
-Diluvial and Artificial Mounds-Wild Animals-Game
-Sporting of the West-Water-fowl and Land-birdsFish,
Reptiles, Insects . . . . . . 114
CHAPTER VI.
Suitable Locations for Agricultural Emigrants-Facilities for
raising every kind of Stock-Division of the Republic into
Counties-Character of their Soil and nature of their Products-Jefferson-Jasper-Sabine-San
Augustine-Shelby-
Harrison -Red River- Fannin- Nacogdoches Houston-Liberty-Galveston-Harrisburg-Montgomery
-Robertson
- Milam-Brazoria-Austin-Fort BendWashington-MataIgorda-Colorado-Fayette-Bastrop-
Travis
-Jackson-Victoria-Gonzalez-Refugio-Goliad
-Bexar-San Patricio-Original Field Notes and Journal
of a Survey, for the New Arkansas and Texas Land Company-Superiority
of Prairie over Forest Land for the
purposes of Settlers, especially European emigrants . 131/
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I.
Texas originally the resort of wandering Indian TribesFirst
European Settlements-Conflicting Claims of France
and Spain-Discoveries of de la Salle, and Fate of his
Settlement at Matagorda-Failure of French Colonization
in Louisiana-Expedition of Alonzo de Leon-Precautions
of the Spanish Government for excluding Foreigners
from Texas-Indian Troubles-Presidios and
Missions-Rise of San Antonio de Bexar, La Bahia, and
Nacogdoches-Decline of the Settlements . . . 205
CHAPTER II.
Communication between the United States and MexicoSpanish
precautions against the spread of Republican
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Kennedy, William. Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1, book, January 1, 1841; London. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2389/m1/9/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.